Mackey, Peter W.

4/18/1940 - 1/20/2020

Pete was born in Mitchell SD to Clifford and Angie Mackey. After graduating from Mitchell HS in 1958, he worked in masonry construction and became a bricklayer.  In 1969 he started his own construction company in Colorado Springs, CO.  After a successful 10 year venture with his company, he and his family decided to move to Tekamah, NE. where he oversaw the building of over 100 houses on the Omaha Indian reservation. Pete's Christian faith drew him to get his Master's degree in counseling. His own Santee Sioux heritage gave him a heart to help the people of the Omaha and Winnebago reservations, so he became an alcohol and drug counselor at the hospital in Winnebago. Pete and his wife Emily also started a prison ministry for that area where they helped several people find their way to the Lord. Pete celebrated life with family, camping, fishing, hunting, boating, reading, writing poetry, playing cards and spending time with his dog, Tucker. Preceded by wife Emily Mackey. Survived by son Travis Mackey; daughter Heidi Trelz; grandchildren Madeline, Katia, Megan, Max, Grace, Olivia and Isaac. Memorials to the Nebraska Humane Society. Visitation Monday 5-7 PM at Roeder Mortuary. .  Funeral Service 12 PM Tuesday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church   5142 E Sargent Rd, Beatrice, NE, Interment Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Beatrice, Nebraska.